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John Shelby Spong, The Fourth Gospel: Tales of A Jewish Mystic (Classic RFL) April 9-15

Bishop John Shelby Spong has sold over a million books. He has been an outspoken advocate for religious literacy and social change in regards to race, gender, and sexuality. In 2013 he published his latest book, The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic. Bishop Spong found this gospel “almost repellent” because it has been used to foster an outdated pre-modern view of God, religious exclusivism, literalism, and anti-semitism. But when it is seen through the eyes of Jewish mysticism, it comes alive in a relevant way for 21st century seekers.